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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2011-01-06 12:30:19 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2011-01-06 12:30:19 -0800
commitabb359450f20c32ae03039d8736f12b1d561caf5 (patch)
tree6e8723885feb66a138f19f0ff31615dc13a8d859 /Documentation/networking/e100.txt
parentcb600d2f83c854ec3d6660063e4466431999489b (diff)
parent4e3dbdb1392a83bd21a6ff8f6bc785495058d37c (diff)
Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next-2.6
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next-2.6: (1436 commits) cassini: Use local-mac-address prom property for Cassini MAC address net: remove the duplicate #ifdef __KERNEL__ net: bridge: check the length of skb after nf_bridge_maybe_copy_header() netconsole: clarify stopping message netconsole: don't announce stopping if nothing happened cnic: Fix the type field in SPQ messages netfilter: fix export secctx error handling netfilter: fix the race when initializing nf_ct_expect_hash_rnd ipv4: IP defragmentation must be ECN aware net: r6040: Return proper error for r6040_init_one dcb: use after free in dcb_flushapp() dcb: unlock on error in dcbnl_ieee_get() net: ixp4xx_eth: Return proper error for eth_init_one include/linux/if_ether.h: Add #define ETH_P_LINK_CTL for HPNA and wlan local tunnel net: add POLLPRI to sock_def_readable() af_unix: Avoid socket->sk NULL OOPS in stream connect security hooks. net_sched: pfifo_head_drop problem mac80211: remove stray extern mac80211: implement off-channel TX using hw r-o-c offload mac80211: implement hardware offload for remain-on-channel ...
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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/e100.txt b/Documentation/networking/e100.txt
index 944aa55e79f..162f323a7a1 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/e100.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/e100.txt
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ Tx Descriptors: Number of transmit descriptors. A transmit descriptor is a data
ethtool -G eth? tx n, where n is the number of desired tx descriptors.
Speed/Duplex: The driver auto-negotiates the link speed and duplex settings by
- default. Ethtool can be used as follows to force speed/duplex.
+ default. The ethtool utility can be used as follows to force speed/duplex.
ethtool -s eth? autoneg off speed {10|100} duplex {full|half}
@@ -126,30 +126,21 @@ Additional Configurations
-------
The driver utilizes the ethtool interface for driver configuration and
- diagnostics, as well as displaying statistical information. Ethtool
+ diagnostics, as well as displaying statistical information. The ethtool
version 1.6 or later is required for this functionality.
The latest release of ethtool can be found from
- http://sourceforge.net/projects/gkernel.
-
- NOTE: Ethtool 1.6 only supports a limited set of ethtool options. Support
- for a more complete ethtool feature set can be enabled by upgrading
- ethtool to ethtool-1.8.1.
-
+ http://ftp.kernel.org/pub/software/network/ethtool/
Enabling Wake on LAN* (WoL)
---------------------------
- WoL is provided through the Ethtool* utility. Ethtool is included with Red
- Hat* 8.0. For other Linux distributions, download and install Ethtool from
- the following website: http://sourceforge.net/projects/gkernel.
-
- For instructions on enabling WoL with Ethtool, refer to the Ethtool man page.
+ WoL is provided through the ethtool* utility. For instructions on enabling
+ WoL with ethtool, refer to the ethtool man page.
WoL will be enabled on the system during the next shut down or reboot. For
this driver version, in order to enable WoL, the e100 driver must be
loaded when shutting down or rebooting the system.
-
NAPI
----